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Unread 08-09-2003, 02:05 AM
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In one of Larkin's letters he quotes Tony Harrison(?) saying about a poem: see such-and-such a painting. Larkin's response is: "Why should I?" It is good point and explains why he wrote about an imaginary painting. If you need the painting the poem doesn't work. If the poem is good, you don't need to see the painting.